Oh man, do I have a good garbage ebay story. I won’t be sharing any screenshots because there are too many back and forths (also this may involve some legitimately crazy people). It will be easier just to share a summed-up version lol.
To start, I’ll establish the context to help make things easier to follow:
Buyer A
Buyer B
Card A
Card B
So, a couple of months ago I get a message from Buyer A with low-ball offer for Card A. I decline, stating that my price is based off the availability and not rushing to get rid of this relatively rare card. They immediately take offense, citing a made-up price as the last sold (still have no idea where they got the number from, wasn’t even close to the actual last sold). I call them out on this with the actual last sold price and they say their offer was good and tell me to “keep trying”.
A couple of weeks later they send me a screenshot of the same card, and say that they found it at a much better price. I tell them congrats and they start to rub it in, as if it’s somehow a bad thing I still have my card. Couple of back and forths of me essentially egging them on and making fun of how vindictive they are over cardboard, and it ends there. Or so I thought. Buckle up because this is where things get RIDICULOUS.
Months later I get a message out of the blue from Buyer B for Card B, saying they are interested in this card. This card is a higher end card. Before I even have time to respond, they send a message on Card A, asking if I would possibly bundle the two cards together. Since Card B is a higher end card, I said I might be willing to offer Card A at a pretty decent discount. That’s when I look at their profile. Only 1 piece of feedback on a profile made not long ago. At that point I’ve already decided I most likely won’t risk doing business with this buyer. Then they try to pull one over on me. This person decided that he will buy Card A for the discounted bundle price, and “maybe” go back in for the high-end Card B the following week. I stop responding at this point.
A few hours later they say they are interested in some of my other cards. I ignore it. Days later they message me again calling me a lousy seller and accusing me of poor communication. Trying to be nice about it, I explain that their profile doesn’t have enough feedback for this kind of deal, and that it is nothing personal. Queue the rage. They spam my inbox saying that I’m an idiot for not even trying to work with them, and sends a screenshot of a list of expensive cards they have bought in the last couple of months. This is when I call them out for clearly trying to scam me into selling Card A for a discounted price.
They send a message insulting me again. Then 5 MINUTES LATER, I get a message from Buyer A. Coincidence? I think not. Buyer A messages me and makes fun of the fact my card is still listed and offers an insulting low price to be a “nice person”. At this point all the pieces came crashing together.
Buyer A made the account of Buyer B after our initial interaction to try and trick me into selling Card A at a low price. Account B was made shortly after my initial interaction with Account A, so this person has literally been cooking up this scheme for months! While looking at the messages on my PC, I notice that the end of the messages shows the city each buyer is from. For some reason the app doesn’t show this info, no clue why. Anyway, both of the accounts are from the same very small city. At this point I make fun of this psychopath and tell him his ploy wasn’t even close to working. Both accounts try to play it off, each response about 5 or so minutes after the other. Every single time. Eventually I just start sending clown emojis. Added them both to the block list and now am sharing this wonderful story with you all.
Sorry for the long read, but I hope some of you get a good laugh out of this lol. Crazy the lengths people will go to out of pure spite.
